Hi everyone! I hope you’re all NOT in the Midwest with me braving the below 0 temperatures. There have been a few acquisitions announced this week. If you’re keeping track, they’re the ones I alluded to in my last blog post. In addition, I got a really cool demo of a newer product out of India that I think deserves everyone’s attention. Community Brands, a division of Ministry Brands, the leading provider of cloud-based software for associations,
Well, the “this week in backgrounds” title continues to be misleading. It should be “recently” but hey, my blog, my rules! The acquisitions market is very hot right now– lots happening and more coming soon. Not only do we have CRA’s buying other CRA’s but private equity and other strategic buyers continue to make their bets on the 2.9 billion dollar screening market. First, Appriss announced last week the acquisition of Crime Finders, Inc. (CFi),
Sorry, it’s been a bit since I’ve blogged, holidays, yada yada yada. Typically, this is the slowest time for our industry so there’s not much to write about. However, Today Sterling announced the acquisition of Australian screening firm, National Crime Check. National Crime Check (NCC) is widely recognized for its high-quality service, superior technology and automation, and its deep client-centric focus. NCC operates out of Adelaide, South Australia. “We admire the hard work and determination
Looks like background screeners have been busy this week, more so than in previous weeks. Sterling Talent Solutions finally relaunched their small business offering, Global HR Research acquired easyBackgrounds, Accurate Background earned a big honor, and InfoMart launched driver qualification monitoring. Let’s begin with Sterling. This has been in the works for a long time, but it appears they have finally launched their small business offering, SterlingNow. I got a demo of this at this